FZS1000 gearbox woes

[Phil TK]

It's still not brilliant but i'm shifting up without bothering with the clutch most of the time now

I would say that the Fazers gearchange isn't the slickest out there anyway, it's typical vintage Yamaha ie  you feel a minor click sensation then a fair bit of movement until the lever goes solid  'click, thunk'

My Fazer is one of the few bikes I've had where I don't get too clever with clutchless changes, I almost always use the clutch at lower rpms in all the gears, when you are filtering 'progressively' at low speed it's safer that way too.